The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-08
POWDERLYs DISPATCH.
The Attack on the Knights OF Labor
Nest Unjust.
The Gerrean Catholic Conventien
Told No By the GrssA MAS
ter Workman.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Septemb ,r To-day
concluded the convention Of the Ger.
man 4 IMAM Catholic Central Union
Of America. The chief interest cen.
tered In the following dispatch, which
was read to the assembled delegates
by the secretary:
"SssAHroS, Pa. September Q.
"Ts President spannherst.' German Roman
ssgo:
"The resolutions. introduced yester.
day by Delegate Misch against the
Knights Of Lsbsr are unkind, uni ust
and must have been based on misrep.
reservations. The Knights OF Labor
have never petitioned against and
never will petition against German
emigration. / am not an enemy Of
the Germans, and nothing 10 my ca.
resr can 80 be oonstrusd unless my
sdvics 10 workingmsn to be
sober AND temperate can bear
that construction. That advice
has been given to ell workingmen,
regardless Of nationality. The knights
OF Labor are neither anarchists, 10.
clalists or prohibitionists, but they are
temperate. Is II q fault 10 be temper
atef The German, OF this place,
Catholic and Protestant, know that
am not and never have been their
enemy. IIegsrd the Germans as / do
other men. They have the same right
TO keep sober aud temperate and to
receive good wages GO other men. Win
your convention say that this Ia
wfoDgf l wish your convention God
speed, and hope that liz deliberations
will be for the GOOD Of all men, whether
German or not. T.v. PowDRRLY,
"a neral Master Workman x. Of L."
INJECTION OF oTrIcHRs.
In the afternoon the officers for the
ensuing year were elected by accla
nation, as follows: President, ii. ].
spannho'st, OF Ut. Louis; first vice
president, William Casper, OF Milwau.
kee; second vice president, I. Schot.
ten, Of Chicago; recording secretary,
Alfred Strekel. OF Milwaukee; CORE.
spending secretary, Theodore Fehlie,
OF St. Lsuis; treasurer, John +.
Binckmann. OF Tens Haute, Ind.
The only new man In this list Of Of
fceis Ia Mr.. Schotien. All the others
were reelected, Mr.. spannhorst for
the fifteenth time. Cincinnati was
selected az the place for holding
the next annual convention.
Tho following Executive Commit.
tee was elected: friedrich
Areudes, OF 81. Louis; J. ii. Deuser,
Of Louisville; william Auer, Ct New
York; Anton Bickel, OF Milwaukee.
A vice.president was namtd for each
State. Before adjournment the mem.
bers OF the Society OF Priests were
given reception In the convention,
aud several OF them made addresses.
President Spannhorst delivered
speech that was intended an q welcome
TO the priests, a. we'll as q "wind up"
to the convention. He was glad TO
see that the clergy was will.
ing TO work hand In hand with
the laity. II that was done
then the Catholic Germans OF Amer
lea would form IN insurmountable
wall that nobody would attempt TO
break. The solidity OF the German
Catholics could not be shaken. There
had bsen attempts made TO draw them
into a controversy. They had been
repeated and persistent. There had
been charges Of attempting 10 give
undue prominence 10 the Germans
ana their language. Bat all attempts
had resulted In failure, and had
been met with determine.
ton not 10 be Withdrawn into any
nght. II the German Catholics would
20 on In the way they commenced
they would coon be mas,ers Of the
field. This country had gained Its
liberty through the Catholics, and the
liberty would be retained through the
fundamentally OF the Catholics.
Mr.. splnnhost told q "bit OF
history" and described how II was
through the influence OF the Holy
Bee hat the King Of France WAS In.
duc6d 10 asslst the Americans In their
struggle for liberty sgalnst England al
timo whom they were on the point
OF baing defeated. He said II
was Just the attacks from Ger
tain quarters that bad helped
TO make the convention sue.
Gees. He urged the establishment
and support OF pn ochlal schools by
the German Catholics. In AL thing,
where they were In doubt he advised
them TO be guided by the clergy. who
nlwsys meant well and tried TO do the
beat Tor the faithful.
With three cheers for the Contra
Union and three cheers for the clergy
and the German Catholic press the